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This study aims at analysing the syntactic characteristics of perception verb constructions in Old French(OF) based on two texts “La Chanson de Roland(1090; CDR)” and “Le Chevalier de la Charrete(1179-1181; Ch)”, and observing the evolution and change of their V2-structure. We will sort out and analyse the structural distribution of these constructions from the modern syntactic perspective while comparing them with those of Modern French(MF). According to the results of comparative analysis between the two texts, we will verify which text complies with MF syntactic structure in a more precise manner. Finally, apart from the occurrences of null subjects in OF constructions, we will confirm that they are undergoing the development from V2 structure in order to form MF fundamental syntactic structures. We will also suggest the possibility that OF perception verb constructions can be accounted for by concepts of feature inheritance and parallel movement introduced in Chomsky(2008).